see you tomorrow morning from announcer: big 12 sports presented by minard. joyce: in one month, erin hills will shut down. -- shut down to the public and won't reopen until the worlds best golfers are in town for the 2017 u.s. open. as 12 sports stephen watson reports, it will be a historic moment for golf in wisconsin. >> everybody that loves golf, it becomes like this ultimate field of dreams. stephen: over 600 acres of natural terrain gave the architects of erin hills a canvas with unlimited paint back in the early 2000. >> at that point, we were just trying to build an affordable public golf course for under $50, and that's truly how it all started. stephen: over 15 years later, the painting is complete, as erin hills is set to host wisconsin's first u.s. open next june, often regarded as the toughest of the four majors each thorough and examination in golf skill as we can. stephen: jeff hall is the managing director of rules and open championships for the usga. we toured the course before it's set to close next month ahead of next summer's championship,